The Black Genre
I remember the joy I used to get as a little kid perusing the aisles of books of my local library in Chicago. I was a nine-year-old who read H.G. Wells, Edgar Allen Poe, and J.R.R. Tolkien. The latter of whom—I must admit—I found extremely challenging. But I was nine; can you blame me?
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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters opens with a chaotic scene: a house is on fire, Evie Cottrell stands screaming on the staircase, and Brandy Alexander lies bleeding from a gunshot wound, asking the narrator to tell her life story. What occurs after is a series of non-linear stories in which the reader slowly learns about the characters and the circumstances by which they’ve become what they are.
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Comic: Writers Rules in the Real World

Google Book Settlement Pays Authors

This week, the Google Book Settlement website was launched which allows authors and other copyright holders to submit claims to participate in the settlement. Authors, publishers and copyright holders will be awarded $60 per scanned book. In return, Google will be able to index the books and display passages in search results. Copyright holders have until January 5, 2010 to file a claim. Do you think this settlement is fair? Let us know by clicking here.

Google Book Settlement Pays Authors

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